Oregon Legal Research BlogThe University of North Carolina Law Library has developed a guide on:
Accessing Docket Information Directly from the Courts Affected by the Removal of Information.
Previous OLR blog posts on the most recent removal of PACER documents:
Articles Posted in General Legal Research Resources
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Federal Circuit Court Oral Argument Feed
A Fastcase blog post alerts us to this high cool-factor federal circuit court oral argument feed:
Arguments: An index of oral arguments from federal courts, updated every 15 minutes.
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Intellectual Property Casebook: Free Creative Commons Download
From beSpacific: “Open Intellectual Property Casebook“:
“Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain is announcing the publication of Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials by James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins. This book, the first in a series of Duke Open Coursebooks, is available for free download under a Creative Commons license. It can also be purchased in a glossy paperback print edition for $29.99, $130 cheaper than other intellectual property casebooks. This book is an introduction to intellectual property law, the set of private legal rights that allows individuals and corporations to control intangible creations and marks—from logos to novels to drug formulae—and the exceptions and limitations that define those rights. It focuses on the three main forms of US federal intellectual property—trademark, copyright and patent—but many of the ideas discussed here apply far beyond those legal areas and far beyond the law of the United States….” [Link to beSpacific post.]
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Securities Lawyer’s Deskbook (Free)
Securities Lawyer’s Deskbook, from the University of Cincinnati College of Law Library
Hat tip to the law librarian listserv.
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‘All jokes aside, when and why does a person “Take the fifth”?’
The Martindale dot com Legal Library is a source of many types of legal documents, including articles like this one:
“Taking the Fifth – A quick reference,” by Charles M. Farano, attorney.
Excerpt: “All jokes aside, when and why does a person ‘Take the fifth’?
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Wonk Alert: Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society
From Gallagher Blogs: “History of Securities Regulation: Check out the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society, a virtual museum with lots of fascinating content: a timeline, original documents, oral histories, and more….” [Link to Gallagher blog post.]
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Model Legal Templates: NVCA Model Venture Capital Financing Documents
Jim Calloway (Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Management Assistance Program) poses (and channels) the question:
“What if the clients decided to provide the templates for their legal work?”
Link to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) for more, e.g.:
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Android App: Pronouncing Dictionary of the Supreme Court of the United States
“The Lillian Goldman Law Library has released an android app of our Pronouncing Dictionary of the United States Supreme Court.”
Link directly to their web document version: “Pronouncing Dictionary of the Supreme Court of the United States“
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High Legal Research Cool Factor: wellsettled dot com
Hat tip to Bob Ambrogi’s LawSites blog post: WellSettled.com Mines Cases for Established Principles,” which introduces us to wellsettled dot com: “It is well settled…”
I bet you can’t search just one (word or phrase), but this “one” is a non-hedonic hyperphagia compulsion, so enjoy.
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“Only 15 percent of the unique volumes in U.S. law libraries have been digitized …”
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Read: “Legal Research Revolutionized,” by Dan Giancaterino, in GP Solo, Vol. 31 No. 3:
“…. Law libraries will survive, and even thrive, in the future. An article in the May 2013 issue of ABA Journal estimated that only 15 percent of the unique volumes in U.S. law libraries have been digitized….